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    Come to the Grotto: Poems, Parables and Stories
    Come to the Grotto: Poems, Parables and Stories
    Come to the Grotto: Poems, Parables and Stories
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    Come to the Grotto: Poems, Parables and Stories

    By James Quina

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    THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY JAMES QUINA, IS A COLLECTION OF POEMS, PARABLES AND STORIES ABOUT NATURE, SPIRITUALITY, HUMOR AND PARADOX.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 29, 2016
    ISBN9781524556129
    Come to the Grotto: Poems, Parables and Stories
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    James Quina

    James Quina, a native of Mobile, Alabama, studied with playwright Abe Polsky in Carpinteria, California, and the novelist Madison Jones of Auburn, Alabama. His short story, Electricity, was published in the Journal of College Writing. His literary critical essays have appeared in Studies in the Novel, The Journal of Mind and Behavior, and Paunch. His novel, The King of Cups, is available through Xlibris. He taught at Wayne State University in Detroit, Santa Barbara City College in California, Our Lady of Holy Cross, and Tulane University in New Orleans. He enjoys Kundalini yoga, taijutsu, and hiking. He lives in Fairhope, Alabama, with his cat, Raven.

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